revisiting imeem

I must have bookmarked the social networking plus instant messaging site imeem in my sleep a while back, because even though it didn’t end up in my del.icio.us catalog, I recognized the site name when Jason added me as his imeem friend today. Am I speaking jibberish yet? Let’s start over. A few years ago, I drove my friends insane with the first tier of social networking websites, mainly the Friendster/Tribe/Orkut triptych. Back then, I knew that I’d forget to check these sites regularly for new messages — because I hate websites that prod me via email to check my site-specific mailbox — and so instant messaging integration was the natural next step. imeem attempts to tackle the notification issue with its own IM client, which is...

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